Martial arts, combat sports, etc.

Not strictly martial arts related, but I think I've done a lot of good work on the mental shit that's been impeding me from actually properly getting into DOING it consistently instead of just reading about it, as I've been wanting to do since I tried the local HEMA club just before thanksgiving.

If I can get the financial shit in order, I ought be able to go consistently, and being on disability I could take full advantage of the crazy amount of classes they have for a HEMA club. Not exactly practical but it's the thing I would be most inclined to do most often, for reasons both of my personal interests and the fact that HEMA has probably the most trans-friendly culture of any martial art, at least in the US. And hey, they teach the grappling stuff from the manuscripts and also host a Latosa Escrima class, which seems quite practically-minded even if most of the practice is still done with weapons.

Fingers crossed that by next month I will be able to start doing this shit in a proper committed fashion.

I was pissing blood so had to take a month off hard training (docs said no vigourous exercise; the issue wasn't just contact), spent it shadowboxing and developing my hips, especially doing this to get better at holding my feet in the air. I do it throughout the day whenever I have a few seconds:

I did something really clever in boxing yesterday but I forget exactly what it was. I read the boy and thought "if I do this then this then this, I can probably land over his left shoulder". Maybe it was jab, right-step, right-cross. Satisfying when a plan works perfectly.

Working on a mentally relaxed state-of-mind. Sometimes I have it and sometimes I don't, but when I am in the right state, I can see a combo coming and stay in a small defensive position and defend a whole combo with a series of small movements. Also generally trying to move less, not over-react, just tiny movements are fine.